1Da sprach der HERR zu Mose: Geh hinein zum Pharao; denn ich habe sein und seiner Großen Herz verhärtet, auf dass ich diese meine Zeichen unter ihnen tue2und auf dass du verkündigst vor den Ohren deiner Kinder und deiner Kindeskinder, wie ich mit den Ägyptern verfahren bin und welche Zeichen ich unter ihnen getan habe, damit ihr wisst: Ich bin der HERR. (2Mo 6,2)3So gingen Mose und Aaron hinein zum Pharao und sprachen zu ihm: So spricht der HERR, der Gott der Hebräer: Wie lange weigerst du dich, dich vor mir zu demütigen? Lass mein Volk ziehen, dass es mir diene! (2Mo 5,3)4Weigerst du dich aber, mein Volk ziehen zu lassen, siehe, so will ich morgen Heuschrecken kommen lassen über dein Gebiet,5dass sie das Land so bedecken, dass man von ihm nichts mehr sehen kann. Und sie sollen fressen, was euch noch übrig und verschont geblieben ist von dem Hagel, und sollen alle Bäume kahl fressen, die wieder sprossen auf dem Felde;6und sie sollen füllen deine Häuser und die Häuser deiner Großen und aller Ägypter, wie es nicht gesehen haben deine Väter und deiner Väter Väter, seit sie auf Erden waren bis auf diesen Tag. Und er wandte sich und ging vom Pharao hinaus.7Da sprachen die Großen des Pharao zu ihm: Wie lange soll dieser Mann uns Verderben bringen? Lass die Leute ziehen, dass sie dem HERRN, ihrem Gott, dienen. Erkennst du denn nicht, dass Ägypten verloren ist?8Da wurden Mose und Aaron wieder vor den Pharao gebracht. Der sprach zu ihnen: Geht hin und dient dem HERRN, eurem Gott. Wer von euch soll aber hinziehen?9Mose sprach: Wir wollen ziehen mit Jung und Alt, mit Söhnen und Töchtern, mit Schafen und Rindern; denn wir haben ein Fest des HERRN. (2Mo 5,1)10Er sprach zu ihnen: O ja, der HERR sei mit euch, so gewiss wie ich euch und eure Kinder ziehen lasse! Ihr seht doch selbst, dass ihr Böses vorhabt!11Nein, nur ihr Männer zieht hin und dient dem HERRN! Denn das ist es doch, was ihr begehrt habt. Und man stieß sie hinaus vom Pharao.12Da sprach der HERR zu Mose: Recke deine Hand über Ägyptenland, dass Heuschrecken auf Ägyptenland kommen und alles auffressen, was im Lande wächst, alles, was der Hagel übrig gelassen hat. (2Mo 9,32)13Mose streckte seinen Stab über Ägyptenland, und der HERR trieb einen Ostwind ins Land, den ganzen Tag und die ganze Nacht. Und am Morgen führte der Ostwind die Heuschrecken herbei. (Joe 1,2; Joe 2,1)14Und sie kamen über ganz Ägyptenland und ließen sich nieder überall in Ägypten, so viele, wie nie zuvor gewesen sind noch hinfort sein werden.15Denn sie bedeckten den Boden des ganzen Landes, und das Land wurde finster. Und sie fraßen alles, was im Lande wuchs, und alle Früchte auf den Bäumen, die der Hagel übrig gelassen hatte, und ließen nichts Grünes übrig an den Bäumen und auf dem Felde in ganz Ägyptenland.16Da ließ der Pharao eilends Mose und Aaron rufen und sprach: Ich habe mich versündigt an dem HERRN, eurem Gott, und an euch. (2Mo 9,27)17Und nun, vergib mir meine Sünde nur noch diesmal, und bittet den HERRN, euren Gott, dass er doch diesen Tod von mir wegnehme. (2Mo 8,4)18Und er ging hinaus vom Pharao und betete zum HERRN.19Da wendete der HERR den Wind, sodass er sehr stark aus Westen kam; der hob die Heuschrecken auf und warf sie ins Schilfmeer, dass nicht eine übrig blieb in ganz Ägypten.20Aber der HERR verstockte das Herz des Pharao, dass er die Israeliten nicht ziehen ließ. (2Mo 4,21)
Die neunte Plage: Finsternis
21Da sprach der HERR zu Mose: Recke deine Hand gen Himmel, dass eine solche Finsternis werde in Ägyptenland, dass man sie greifen kann.22Und Mose reckte seine Hand gen Himmel. Da ward eine so dicke Finsternis in ganz Ägyptenland drei Tage lang,23dass niemand den andern sah noch weggehen konnte von dem Ort, wo er gerade war, drei Tage lang. Aber bei allen Israeliten war es licht in ihren Wohnungen.24Da rief der Pharao nach Mose und sprach: Zieht hin und dient dem HERRN! Nur eure Schafe und Rinder sollen hierbleiben; eure Frauen und Kinder aber dürfen mit euch ziehen. (2Mo 10,1)25Mose sprach: Willst du uns denn Schlachtopfer und Brandopfer mitgeben, die wir unserm Gott, dem HERRN, darbringen?26Auch unser Vieh soll mit uns gehen – nicht eine Klaue darf dahintenbleiben –; denn davon müssen wir nehmen zum Dienst unseres Gottes, des HERRN. Wir wissen nicht, womit wir dem HERRN dienen sollen, bis wir dorthin kommen.27Aber der HERR verstockte das Herz des Pharao, dass er sie nicht ziehen lassen wollte. (2Mo 4,21)28Und der Pharao sprach zu ihm: Geh von mir und hüte dich, dass du mir nicht mehr vor die Augen kommst; denn an dem Tage, da du mir vor die Augen kommst, sollst du sterben.29Mose antwortete: Wie du gesagt hast; ich werde dir nicht mehr vor die Augen kommen.
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,2and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.” (2Mo 7,17; 2Mo 13,8; 2Mo 13,14; 5Mo 4,9; 5Mo 6,20; Ps 78,5; Joe 1,3)3So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. (1Kön 21,29)4For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, (3Mo 11,22; Spr 30,27; Joe 1,4; Joe 2,25; Offb 9,3)5and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, (2Mo 9,32)6and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh. (2Mo 8,3; 2Mo 8,21; Joe 2,9)7Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?”8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?” (2Mo 10,24)9Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.” (2Mo 3,18; 2Mo 5,1)10But he said to them, “The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.[1] (2Mo 10,24)11No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are asking.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.12Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” (2Mo 7,19; 2Mo 10,4)13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.14The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. (Ps 78,46; Ps 105,34; Joe 2,2)15They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. (Ps 105,35)16Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. (2Mo 9,27)17Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.” (2Mo 8,8)18So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. (2Mo 8,30; 2Mo 9,33)19And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. (Joe 2,20)20But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go. (2Mo 4,21)
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” (2Mo 10,12; Ps 105,28)22So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.23They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived. (2Mo 8,22; 2Mo 9,4; 2Mo 9,6)24Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve the Lord; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” (2Mo 10,8; 2Mo 10,10)25But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.26Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”27But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. (2Mo 10,20)28Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”29Moses said, “As you say! I will not see your face again.” (Hebr 11,27)
2.Mose 10
King James Version
1And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:2And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son' son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:6And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers'fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.7And Pharaoh' servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?8And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.10And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it ; for evil is before you.11Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh' presence.12And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.18And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh' heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.24And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.25And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.26Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh' heart, and he would not let them go.28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.29And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.